Widow Buys Batmobile For Sheriff's Office

TITUSVILLE — A BATmobile given to the Brevard County Sheriff's Department by a woman whose husband was killed by a drunken driver will be unveiled Aug. 22 at 11 a.m. at Merritt Square mall.

The Breath Alcohol Testing unit, an aluminum module on a truck frame, carries equipment that enables deputies to determine if motorists should be charged with drunken driving.

Doris Stone, 63, who has been active in the Brevard chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, donated $45,000 for the BATmobile in February. The gift was in memory of her husband, Robert, who died in a 1983 accident at 58.

Stone said she decided to buy the vehicle after hearing Lt. Vernon Weekly, head of the selective enforcement unit, speak of Brevard's need for another BATmobile. One is not enough for a 74-mile-long county, she said.

Sheriff Jake Miller said the vehicle will be displayed at the mall after the ceremony until 9 p.m.